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The disqualification followed a conviction by an Indian court, which sentenced Gandhi with two-year imprisonment, on the accusation of defaming the Modi surname. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The conviction and defamation raised an alarm about the state of democracy in India and were seen as a move to silence dissent and political opposition before the upcoming ...
Supreme Court of India, in its judgement dated 10 July 2013 while disposing the Lily Thomas v. Union of India case (along with Lok Prahari v. Union of India), [1] ruled that any Member of Parliament (MP), Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) or Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) who is convicted of a crime and given a minimum of two years' imprisonment, loses membership of the House ...
Gandhi was controversially disqualified from parliament last month following his conviction in a defamation case. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...
Members of India’s largest opposition party, the Congress, gathered in front of Delhi’s iconic Red Fort to protest against the disqualification of Gandhi – an issue that has drawn rare and ...
23–24 March – Rahul Gandhi is disqualified as a member of parliament in the Lok Sabha after being found guilty of defamation. Gandhi was subsequently sentenced to two years in prison. Gandhi was subsequently sentenced to two years in prison.
Indira Gandhi: No official opposition [6] 1 January 1985 17 December 1989 8th: Rajiv Gandhi: 5 Rajiv Gandhi: Amethi: 18 December 1989 23 December 1990 1 year, 5 days 9th: VP Singh: Indian National Congress: 6 L. K. Advani: New Delhi: 24 December 1990 13 March 1991 2 years, 214 days Chandra Shekhar: Bharatiya Janata Party: Gandhinagar: 14 March ...
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were granted bail by the trial court on 19 December 2015. Subsequently, in 2016, the Supreme Court exempted all five accused individuals (including the Gandhis, Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandes, and Suman Dubey) from personally attending court hearings, declining to dismiss the ongoing legal proceedings against them. [74]
The Representation of the People Act, 1951 is an act of Parliament of India to provide for the conduct of election of the Houses of Parliament and to the House or Houses of the Legislature of each State, the qualifications and disqualifications for membership of those Houses, what constitute corrupt practices and other offences at or in connection with such elections and the determination of ...